For a team that started the offseason with roster needs up and down the depth chart, the Cowboys have been more than selectively aggressive in addressing them right from the start of free agency. After bringing in outside additions at running back, defensive end, defensive tackle, guard, and cornerback, on Wednesday the Cowboys used both free agency and the trade market to overhaul the linebacker position. The Cowboys signed former Bears linebacker Jack Sanborn to a one-year deal, and swapped late-round picks for former Titans linebacker Kenneth Murray.
Where the other moves the Cowboys have made so far are seemingly more for players that add depth in lock step with existing talent already on the roster, using both a signing and a trade to bring in two linebackers that could project as starters is a different approach, and very unlike how the Cowboys have typically acted in past offseasons.